12 Years a Slave: (Illustrated Hardcover with Jacket) Now a Major Movie (Engage Books) (Hardcover)

from sandra.k.heinzman

I received this free from Story Cartel in exchange for an honest review.Wow, what a narrative! Solomon Northup gave a first hand account of what it was really like to be a slave in Louisiana in the mid 1800's, prior to the Civil War. He was obviously very well educated, as his writing and vocabul...

from sandra.k.heinzman

I received this free from Story Cartel in exchange for an honest review. Wow, what a narrative! Solomon Northup gave a first hand account of what it was really like to be a slave in Louisiana in the mid 1800's, prior to the Civil War. He was obviously very well educated, as his writing and vocab...

from justindtapp

I enjoy reading books, especially autobiographies, from the 1800s--this one published in 1853 and was a bestseller at the time. The movie made from this book is nominated for several Oscars. It bothers me that we're so ignorant of our history that we have to "rediscover" books from just 150 years...

from PhilJackson

I'd never heard of this book until promotion for the film, which I've not seen, began and inspired me to seek it out. I got it on my Kindle. I don't think I'd read anything on American slavery before but I'd imagined I knew pretty much what went on. However two things came very strongly out of th...

from michigantrumpet

Published in 1853, this is the true life account of Solomon Northup, free man of Saratoga NY, properly educated as a child, married with three children and one time owner of a ferry service on the Hudson River. Through deceit and trickery, he was enticed to Washington DC with a job offer, drugged...